Word: pocketable
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Back in the day, a good report card earned you a parental pat on the back, but now it could be money in your pocket. Experiments with cash incentives for students have been catching on in public-school districts across the country, and so has the debate over whether they are a brilliant tool for hard-to-motivate students or bribery that will destroy any chance of fostering a love of learning. Either way, a rigorous new study - one of relatively few on such pay-for-performance programs - found that the programs get results: cash incentives help low-income students...
...armful of campaign posters, is feeling optimistic. He is campaigning vigorously to win a seat on Baghdad's provincial council on Jan. 31, when millions of Iraqis are expected to cast their votes in 14 of Iraq's provinces. He has passed out personal campaign cards, posters and mini pocket calendars with his name printed on them. He even hopes to hold an outdoor political debate with his opponents - the first in Iraq that he knows of. Says al-Rubeiy: "I got the idea from Obama. I liked the debates between Obama and John McCain...
...hasn't always been such a massive deal. The first show, held in New York City in 1967, fit cozily into showrooms at the New York Hilton and the Americana hotel. Around 20,000 people showed up, eager to see pocket-sized radios, televisions with integrated circuits and new tape recorder models. The following year, CES spread to nine floors across three New York hotels and attendees were buzzing about devices such as a tiny radio that could be worn on the wrist and a "Portable Executive Telephone" that cost more than $2,000, weighed 19 pounds and required users...
...seen results yet, so we’re going to continue to harp on that theme in the locker room.” Princeton nabbed the lead less than two minutes into the game with a quick shot past freshman goaltender Matt Hoyle into the right pocket. “Both [weekend] games, [our opponents] were able to get goals early in the game…and tonight they were able to score in the first minutes,” Fraser said. “We need to have a better start.” After a few Harvard attempts...
...amounts of coffee A coffee cup in hand will signal to the world that you’ve been up all night pouring over the new [insert favorite author] novel. Coffee should be obtained from a small café. Starbucks drinkers are to be scorned. 1. Moleskine (or other pocket) notebook Employed by Van Gogh, Picasso and Hemingway, the strategic use of this item will situate you within the great Western Tradition. Notebook is especially effective in displaying your creativity when used for jotting down abstract thoughts or elaborate doodles in the presence of others. 0. Appear non-conformist...